Today, I'm studying abroad in Mexico and someone asked me what it's like to be from Minnesota. I responded in Spanish, in front of thirty people, what I thought translated to, "If you get cold, you can just put on a jacket." Apparently, what I thought meant "jacket" actually meant "masturbate". FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after many hours studying a complete course of Spanish, I felt really good. I had accomplished something, something I could really use next week when I fly to Mexico on vacation. Then I found out what I had learned was Spanish as they speak it in Spain, not how they speak it in Latin America. FML
Today, after I went to Mexico for its museums, when I try to share my experience with other guys, they all think I went there for sex. FML
Today, my sister told me about her upcoming trip to Mexico. I asked her how she was going to do anything without knowing any Spanish. She told me she's "just going to read their lips". FML
Today, I checked in a group of men from Mexico. I speak just enough Spanish to realize they're discussing my breasts. I have to stand there smiling while checking in three more people. FML
Today, I was at a mall. A woman stopped by me, said slowly and loudly, in Spanish "baño?" Knowing a bit of Spanish, I nodded and pointed the restrooms out for her. She then mutters about "dang Mexicans and their inability to speak English". I'm not even Latina. I'm Irish-American. FML
Today, I was spacing out in French class and randomly got an erection. My professor called on me to stand up at the front of the room and say, "I am wearing a belt," in French. Not everyone was observing just my belt. FML
Today, my Spanish teacher imitated the sound of a coffee grinder, and then said in Spanish, "OK, all of you do it." I did it, thinking everyone else would too. I was the only one in the class who'd understood the Spanish part. FML
Today, I wore a Stanford college T-shirt to school. My Spanish teacher took one look at it and said "You wish". FML
Today, I visited my son at work. He's an interpreter for the government. As I watched him converse with a group of men, I was overcome with pride. Then the woman next to me said, "I can't believe they're talking about that in public." They were discussing masturbation techniques. FML
Today, I heard two of my students having a conversation. One asked what state Arizona was in, and the other replied Canada. I teach sixth grade social studies and they weren't joking. FML
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devela 0
Actually, you are all missing the FML here. She used the word 'chaqueta' wich correctly means jacket in Spanish but in Mexican slang, 'chaqueta' means to **********. So in all fairness your spanish was correct but while in Mexico you may want to stay with 'Chamarra' instead of 'Chaqueta' when referring to your jacket.
SamFromAccountin 0
I live in Minnesota it got to -40 here this year for almost a month solid **** your jacket
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Comments (79)
dani212 0
fail. I'm in Spanish 1 and I know chaqueta is Spanish for jacket. did you forget to learn the language first?
katie72 6
Read the other comments. Mexican slang is different from proper Spanish. Just like France French is different from Quebec French. It's called culture.
iLucero 11
"Chaqueta" also means jerking off :o
stevenmx86 8
That was your response to their question? I think you were better off saying ********** at least you didn't look as stupid...
TheRealEllieSan 9
This explains so, so much.
Dojan 16
Jacket and jack it are two separate things.
turtlehybrid 0
if you get cold, you can just put on a **********... i live by those rules
iscribe310 0
worst state ever
mjew 7
Jacket not jack it
Fuzzymonkey2013 7
I know Spanish, and how you mixed those up, is beyond me
KBurns207 17
Jack-it